Monthly Archives: January 2017

2016 has been a whirlwind of hacks and mobile threats, leaving enterprise private data at risk. From the DNC email leak to the 1.4 billion Android users affected by a vulnerability in TCP, our mobile-first world is more exposed than…

Switcher takes advantage of Android users to infect WiFi routers in ‘dangerous new trend.’ The most common way for threat actors to compromise a network router is to attack it directly. The other and potentially more scalable way is to…

Way back when Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was released, Google added a feature called Verify Apps that sought to protect users who inadvertently may have downloaded a piece of malware and attempted to side-load it onto their phone. The service,…

Locky attacks dropped significantly during December — but don’t expect this to be the end of it. Image: F-Secure As cybercriminal groups have become ever more organised and professional, some are beginning to operate as if they were legitimate businesses…

Although most consumers associate malware and ransomware threats with computers, mobile devices are not safe from harm by any means. In fact, various types of Android ransomware have made media headlines over the past few years. Some of these malicious…

Numerous malware threats and scares over the past few months, and it is now pretty much established that Android devices face greater security risks. These risks are compounded by the existence of many stakeholders who are often not on the…

Android vulnerabilities exist in the wild. In a new report on how Donald Trump is settling into the White House, the New York Times mentioned something in passing that I think is a fairly big deal. He’s still using his…

The methodology of malware and cyber attacks has shown a significant shift in 2016, according to the State of Malware report from Malwarebytes. Although ransomware is the favorite attack method used against business, ad fraud malware is growing fast and…

The use came after Facebook introduced a number of new features for its mobile apps. This includes the imminent introduction of even more adverts into Messenger, which will soon start carrying adverts from businesses within the app itself, giving advertisers…

Motorola’s division in Germany announced that all smartphones in the Moto Z line will start getting the Android Nougat update. The division took to Twitter to make the announcement and although the mobile OS version wasn’t specified, it’s most likely…